This is ever so beautiful!
The background and the colour of this (rare?) butterfly ... breathtaking!

And I must say I have never seen this kind of butterfly before.
But it doesn't look like you had to go to a "butterfly house" for this ... it is resting on a very normal daisy... so do you see these in your parts often?

This is ever so beautiful!
The background and the colour of this (rare?) butterfly ... breathtaking!

And I must say I have never seen this kind of butterfly before.
But it doesn't look like you had to go to a "butterfly house" for this ... it is resting on a very normal daisy... so do you see these in your parts often?

This was shot in a "butterfly house" which is actually just a small tent in our Desert Botanical Gardens, with misters to keep the humididty level high. I was a little dissappointed because there was only about 8-10 species in there, and mostly just these solid orange butterflies. I was hoping for more, but it was still fun!

Oh yes, I remember those that you posted back in October, and I so liked who you gave your titles the same colours as each butterfly was.
So this was a species found in a "butterfly house", after all. Well, doesn't make it any less pretty and your photo any less well taken!!

And imagine YOU to discover a new species in the "butterfly house" of some botanical gardens! No one else would have found out there, only you!